176 research outputs found
Implications of unitarity and gauge invariance for simplified dark matter models
We show that simplified models used to describe the interactions of dark matter with Standard Model particles do not in general respect gauge invariance and that perturbative unitarity may be violated in large regions of the parameter space. The modifications necessary to cure these inconsistencies may imply a much richer phenomenology and lead to stringent constraints on the model. We illustrate these observations by considering the simplified model of a fermionic dark matter particle and a vector mediator. Imposing gauge invariance then leads to strong constraints from dilepton resonance searches and electroweak precision tests. Furthermore, the new states required to restore perturbative unitarity can mix with Standard Model states and mediate interactions between the dark and the visible sector, leading to new experimental signatures such as invisible Higgs decays. The resulting constraints are typically stronger than the âclassicâ constraints on DM simplified models such as monojet searches and make it difficult to avoid thermal overproduction of dark matter
Dark matter direct detection from new interactions in models with spin-two mediators
We consider models where a massive spin-two resonance acts as the mediator between Dark Matter (DM) and the SM particles through the energy-momentum tensor. We examine the effective theory for fermion, vector and scalar DM generated in these models and find novel types of DM-SM interaction never considered before. We identify the effective interactions between DM and the SM quarks when the mediator is integrated out, and match them to the gravitational form factors relevant for spin-independent DM-nucleon scattering. We also discuss the interplay between DM relic density conditions, direct detection bounds and collider searches for the spin-two mediator
Physics at a 100 TeV pp collider: beyond the Standard Model phenomena
This report summarises the physics opportunities in the search and study of
physics beyond the Standard Model at a 100 TeV pp collider.Comment: 196 pages, 114 figures. Chapter 3 of the "Physics at the FCC-hh"
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Recommendations of the LHC Dark Matter Working Group: Comparing LHC searches for dark matter mediators in visible and invisible decay channels and calculations of the thermal relic density
Weakly-coupled TeV-scale particles may mediate the interactions between normal matter and dark matter. If so, the LHC would produce dark matter through these mediators, leading to the familiar âmono-Xâ search signatures, but the mediators would also produce signals without missing momentum via the same vertices involved in their production. This document from the LHC Dark Matter Working Group suggests how to compare searches for these two types of signals in case of vector and axial-vector mediators, based on a workshop that took place on September 19/20, 2016 and subsequent discussions. These suggestions include how to extend the spin-1 mediated simplified models already in widespread use to include lepton couplings. This document also provides analytic calculations of the relic density in the simplified models and reports an issue that arose when ATLAS and CMS first began to use preliminary numerical calculations of the dark matter relic density in these models
Sterile neutrino portal to Dark Matter I: the U(1) BâL case
In this paper we explore the possibility that the sterile neutrino and Dark Matter sectors in the Universe have a common origin. We study the consequences of this assumption in the simple case of coupling the dark sector to the Standard Model via a global U(1)BâL, broken down spontaneously by a dark scalar. This dark scalar provides masses to the dark fermions and communicates with the Higgs via a Higgs portal coupling. We find an interesting interplay between Dark Matter annihilation to dark scalars â the CP-even that mixes with the Higgs and the CP-odd which becomes a Goldstone boson, the Majoron â and heavy neutrinos, as well as collider probes via the coupling to the Higgs. Moreover, Dark Matter annihilation into sterile neutrinos and its subsequent decay to gauge bosons and quarks, charged leptons or neutrinos lead to indirect detection signatures which are close to current bounds on the gamma ray flux from the galactic center and dwarf galaxies
Displaced vertices from pseudo-Dirac dark matter
Displaced vertices are relatively unusual signatures for dark matter searches at the LHC. We revisit the model of pseudo-Dirac dark matter (pDDM), which can accommodate the correct relic density, evade direct detection constraints, and generically provide observable collider signatures in the form of displaced vertices. We use this model as a benchmark to illustrate the general techniques involved in the analysis, the complementarity between monojet and displaced vertex searches, and provide a comprehensive study of the current bounds and prospective reach
Loop-induced dark matter direct detection signals from gamma-ray lines
Improved limits as well as tentative claims for dark matter annihilation into
gamma-ray lines have been presented recently. We study the direct detection
cross section induced from dark matter annihilation into two photons in a
model-independent fashion, assuming no additional couplings between dark matter
and nuclei. We find a striking non-standard recoil spectrum due to different
destructively interfering contributions to the dark matter nucleus scattering
cross section. While in the case of s-wave annihilation the current sensitivity
of direct detection experiments is insufficient to compete with indirect
detection searches, for p-wave annihilation the constraints from direct
searches are comparable. This will allow to test dark matter scenarios with
p-wave annihilation that predict a large di-photon annihilation cross section
in the next generation of experiments.Comment: 19 pages, 5 figures. v2: new XENON100 results included, references
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